History Wrestling / NaoyaOgawa

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Initially wrestled in his judogi, with no footwear. He latter abandoned the custom when he switched to tights and shoot-style kneeboots.

* ArchEnemy: Hidehiko Yoshida, another world judo champion and medalist turned MMA fighter who was Ogawa's [[SenpaiKohai kohai]] in the Meiji University. Yoshida defeated Ogawa in what would have been Naoya's eighth All Japan Championship, upsetting him thoroughly (Ogawa was a heavyweight while Yoshida a middleweight), and also won the gold in the same Olympics Ogawa got the silver. They later faced in a MMA match in PRIDE, which Yoshida won.

* ArchEnemy: Hidehiko Yoshida, another world judo champion and medalist turned MMA fighter who was Ogawa's [[SempaiKohai kohai]] in the Meiji University. Yoshida defeated Ogawa in what would have been Naoya's eighth All Japan Championship, upsetting him thoroughly (Ogawa was a heavyweight while Yoshida a middleweight), and also won the gold in the same Olympics Ogawa got the silver. They later faced in a MMA match in PRIDE, which Yoshida won.

* TheAce: He had more or less all the tools to be a Japanese pro wrestling ace: was big and handsome, carried along an excellent resume in a combat sport, was a solid worker with the right opponents, and on top of everything, had a ''massive'' aura all over him. At the end of the day, the only things that stopped Ogawa from becoming a big name in pro wrestling were a series of external factors (mainly Inoki's devious grooming in NJPW and Hashimoto's death in ZERO-ONE) and his own uninterest on pursuing a career (after HUSTLE, he became essentially a guest wrestler and retired a few appearances later).

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Rumoredly, Ogawa met with legendary judo champion Willem Ruska while he was training pro wrestling with Inoki, and they engaged in a little sparring. Even although Ruska was 60 years old at the time (and was said to be drunk at that moment), Ogawa couldn't best him, and almost got choked out after a sound beatdown.

* AwesomeByAnalysis: He took the effort to read carefully Takada's book ''Nakimushi'' before opposing him in the first event in HUSTLE, so he could understand him better. His conclusion, though, was that Takada was a loser, so he was later seen tossing the book on the ground.

* BrilliantButLazy: Although insanely talented and quite succesful, Ogawa was described by his judo coaches as lazy and unfocused, which was also a common criticism in his late tenures in pro wrestling and even more in MMA. Supposedly, he even participated in some special diets and weird vitamine complements in order not to hit the gym to keep his line.

* ConvenientReplacementCharacter: Debuted in New Japan as a replacement for Wrestling/KenShamrock, and in the process he became more than Shamrock would have hoped to be there.

* FaceHeelTurn: When he was magically bribed by Generalissimo Takada to turn into Celeb Ogawa.

* TheGiant: Subverted. Being 1.93 meters tall, Ogawa is humongous by Japanese standards, and his wrestling style was generally slow, based on high impact and not terribly technical, all of which are traits associated to your typical wrestling giant. In fact, he is just as tall as Kohei Sato, who ''is'' billed as a Japanese giant as part of his character. However, Ogawa was not a mere tall bruiser, but a charismatic antihero that happened to be tall and could work quite well on the ring.

* {{Homage}}: His STO finisher is possibly one to Wrestling/MasahikoKimura for Kimura’s deadly use of osoto gari.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Came to believe that Tadao Yasuda could be a sincere ally and HUSTLE, but the guy turned out to have failed to overcome his addiction to betting and betrayed Ogawa for Monster Army money. Justified a bit, as while everybody knew Yasuda was sleazy, few expected he went to that extent.

* IgnoreTheFanservice: Against Yinling the Erotic Terrorist, although it didn't impede her from pinning him after her Takada Monster Army cronies had beaten him.

* LargeHam: Pieces from the ancient Japanese arenas were a part of his diet.

* RealMenLoveJesus: He was shown praying in a Japanese temple before facing Matt Ghaffari.

** In June 2001, Ogawa was going to work a feud with Yoshihisa Yamamoto, who had already challenged him to a match in RINGS back in May 1999. An angle was laid where Yamamoto attacked Ogawa in a press conference and challenged him again. However, negotiations fell apart and the storyline was discontinued.
* TheAce: He had more or less all the tools to be a Japanese pro wrestling ace: was big and handsome, carried along an excellent resume in a combat sport, was a solid worker with the right opponents, and on top of everything, had a ''massive'' aura all over him. At the end of the day, the only things that stopped Ogawa from becoming a big name in pro wrestling were a series of external factors (mainly Inoki's devious grooming in NJPW and Hashimoto's death) and his own uninterest on pursuing a career in pro wrestling (after HUSTLE, he became essentially a guest wrestler and retired a few appearances later).
* AirplaneArms: Infamously pulled it out as a victory celebration after shooting on Hashimoto. The sign was suppose to represent an UFO to play the pun with the promotion's name.

* AwesomeByAnalysis: He took the effort to read carefully Takada's book ''Nakimushi'' before opposing him in the first event in HUSTLE, so he could understand him better. His conclusion was that Takada was a loser, so he was later seen tossing the book on the ground.

* BigGood: Ogawa was the HUSTLE Army's strongest member, a personality comparable only to Generalissimo Takada himself. They really never found a replacement for him when he left the promotion, and posterior figures like Creator/HardGay or Wataru Sakata were more like TheHero in comparison. The one who would have been nearest to him in power and importance was Wrestling/MagnumTOKYO, but he came in a time when the HUSTLE Army had became a BandOfBrothers rather than an captained force.

* BrilliantButLazy: Although insanely talented and quite succesful, Ogawa was described by his judo coaches as lazy and unfocused, which was also a common criticism in his late tenures in pro wrestling and even more in MMA. Supposedly, he even featured some special diets and weird vitamine complements in order not to hit the gym to keep his line.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Ogawa was a mainly an expert in standing technique during his judo career, with little work invested in his groundfighting. This translates badly into MMA, as judo throws are difficult to pull on the ring due to the absence of a gi and instead groundwork is much more appreciated for his positional control and submissions. This was hardly Ogawa's fault, as the International Judo Federation ruleset tends to favor this type of fighter; his nemesis Yoshida featured the same problem, only that he supplied it with hard work when he made his transition to PRIDE, something Ogawa never bothered to do.

-->"Hey, listen carefully. In the PRIDE ring I have learned one thing: victory and defeat don’t matter when you are a hustler."

* TheGiant: Subverted. Being 1.93 meters tall, Ogawa is humongous by Japanese standards, and his wrestling style was generally slow, based on high impact and not terribly technical, all of which are traits associated to your typical wrestling giant. In fact, he is just as tall as Kohei Sato, who ''is'' billed as a Japanese giant as part of his character. However, Ogawa was not just a tall bruiser, but also a charismatic antihero that could work quite well on the ring.

* PetTheDog: [[https://www.japanbullet.com/sport/olympian-mentor-lifts-fukushima-judoka This article]], where he helped a Paralympics Judoka named Shizuka Hangai who lost her home and job due to the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2012, by offering her a job as part of the administrative staff for his Ogawa dojo support group.
* TheQuietOne: According to Hidehiko Yoshida, Ogawa was an incredibly shy, taciturn guy during his career in judo. Hidehiko was actually shocked when he watched Naoya playing a big mouth player in pro wrestling, because he did not know Ogawa could talk so much.

* ShutUpHannibal: To Yinling's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
-->'''Yinling:''' I will tell you what is a real entertainer. What's your body without that item down there? A body that isn’t tight, a horn that is not pointy. Nothing of that can be sexy. Sexiness is a philosophy, and you don’t have philosophy in that body of yours. ''[NoblewomansLaugh]''
-->'''Ogawa:''' And you, do you have that philosophy you talk about? Listen carefully. This body's philosophy is prepared and ready, and it is ready to shut up your mouth.

* VerbalTic: "Oioioi!" (tricky to translate; "oi" is a Japanese interjection used to demand attention from the listener, similar to the British "oy").

* FingerlessGloves: In this case, athletic gloves associated with another sport he competed in.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoya_Ogawa The Other Wiki]].

* NotSoDifferent: After Kawada betrayed the HUSTLE Army, Ogawa offered to replace him as Taichi Ishikari's mentor. When Ishikari, accustomed to be mistreated by Kawada, offered himself to be kicked by Ogawa, the latter was incensed and told him to forget about it... until Ishikari finally got on Ogawa's nerves, moment in which Ogawa kicked him just like Kawada.

* TheGiant: Subverted. Being 1.93 meters tall, Ogawa is humongous by Japanese standards, and his wrestling style was generally slow, based on high impacts and not terribly technical, all of which are traits associated to your typical wrestling giant. However, this is where similarities end, as he was otherwise a charismatic antihero that could work quite well.

* HeroicBSOD: Kawada and him were in one after being ambushed and humiliated by the Monster Army in HUSTLE-9.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto.

** His STO finishing move was usually too soft to finish an opponent in a single iteration, but it was simple and easy to execute, which allowed Ogawa to perform it any times he needed to knock out the adversary.
** His slow, cerebral style of UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} was nicknamed "3-Funkan Judo" ("Three Minutes Judo") due to his usual strategy of investing the first three minutes in pressing on his opponent before trying to score. Due to this, Japanese specialized press often criticized him as lacking heart.

'''Naoya Ogawa''' (b. 1968) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}ka, {{professional wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter. He first started as a judo competitor in high school, moving to the Meiji University and eventually becoming the youngest All Japan champion ever when he was just a student. His career would become just more successful, winning four world championships again as the youngest champion ever, six more All Japan Championships and a silver medal in Barcelona 92, becoming one of the few judokas who have won the heavyweight and absolute in the same championship and the second greatest All Japan recordman ever only behind the legendary Yasuhiro Yamashita. In 1997, he left the sport and joined professional wrestling under the wing of Wrestling/AntonioInoki as part of his UFO movement. Ogawa debuted in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling defeating established star Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto, and went to dominate the promotion, having a violent feud with Hashimoto, winning the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA World Heavyweight Title belt and attracting the crowd's ire with his arrogance and push. After eventually beating Shinya to his retirement from NJPW, Ogawa also left and surprisingly joined his rival's [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1 Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE]], in which he became a mainstay fan favorite and teamed with Hashimoto to become half of the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title holders. Ogawa also main starred in Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, where he led the heroic HUSTLE Army against the evil [[Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada Generalissimo Takada]]. In 2007, two years after Hashimoto’s demise, Ogawa left the promotion and returned to Inoki in his Inoki Genome Federation, leading as an usual wrestler until today.

* TheAce: He had more or less all the tools to be an ace: was built big and handsome, was a significantly good worker with the right opponents, had connections with influential names, dragged along an excellent resume in a combat sport, and on top of everything, had a ''massive'' aura all over him. At the end, the only things that stopped him from becoming a big name in puroresu was his own uninterest and lack of work ethic.

* HotBlooded: Characteristically. One of the biggest in Japanese pro wrestling, in fact.

* UnknownRival: Wrestling/ToshiakiKawada became somewhat of one towards Ogawa during the former's feud with Hashimoto. As Ogawa was an ally to Hashimoto, Kawada saw fit to intrude in an interpromotional tag match and kick him in the head before bombastically challenging ZERO-ONE and predicting the defeat of the company. Meanwhile, all Naoya wanted to know was who Toshiaki was and why had he attacked him (of course, he added he was going to kill him whoever he was).

* WouldHitAGirl: To Yinling.

* ShrinkingViolet: Believe it or not, Ogawa was all head down and flustered when he received the silver medal in Barcelona.

** After the Judo O affair, Ogawa introduced Mr. USA (Ryan Wilson) as his replacement, claiming him to be a disciple of Wrestling/HulkHogan. Kantoku Nakamura didn't believe it, so Ogawa showed him a photo of Mr. USA shaking hands with Hogan... only that Ogawa was covering Mr. USA with his thumb, making obvious it was all a lie.

* BoringButPractical: His STO finishing move was usually too soft to finish an opponent in a single iteration, but it was simple and easy to execute, which allowed Ogawa to perform it any times he needed to knock out the adversary.

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!!! "Tropes of Recklessness":

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Rumoredly, Ogawa met with legendary judo champion Willem Ruska while he was training pro wrestling with Inoki, and they engaged in a little sparring. Even although Ruska was 60 years old at the time, Ogawa couldn't best him.

* BrattyHalfPint: He reached the maximum level in judo in record time, faster than B.J. Penn in Brazilian jiu-jitsu: he became the youngest All Japan champion ever at 19. However, his attitude problems were already clear by that time.

* BattleStrip: He would sometimes start a match in his judo gi, then he would strip down leaving him in his tights, shin pads, and kneeboots.

** He was beginning a feud with Riki Choshu in 2001 after beating Hashimoto, but the storyline was cut when Ogawa left NJPW to follow Hashimoto to ZERO-ONE.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: His gimmick and public persona in pro wrestling were those of a loud, disrespectful fighter straight out from a martial arts manga. He also famously refused to touch gloves with Fedor Emelianenko before their match, which turned against him most Wstern fans. Only at his tenure in HUSTLE he became more of a traditional hero.

* BashBrothers: With Shinya Hashimoto.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Shinya Hashimoto.

* UnknownRival: Toshiaki Kawada became somewhat of one towards Ogawa during the former's feud with Hashimoto. As Ogawa was an ally to Hashimoto, Kawada saw fit to intrude in an interpromotional tag match and kick him in the head before bombastically challenging ZERO-ONE and predicting the defeat of the company. Meanwhile, all Naoya wanted to know was who Toshiaki was and why had he attacked him (of course, he added he was going to kill him whoever he was).
* UnwantedAssistance: From his teammate Kazunari Murakami, who attacked Hashimoto before a match at the Rikidozan Memorial in which Ogawa and Shinya were going to form a special team dring their feud. Naturally, Hashimoto blamed Ogawa for the assault and attacked him during the match, which cost them the bout. Although Murakami repented after being berated by both Naoya and Antonio Inoki, he remained a bit too eager to intrude in matches to aid Ogawa.

* FourIsDeath: During the homage to Shinya Hashimoto in 2006, he was called one of the four protectors of Shinya's memory along with Shinjiro Otani, Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono.